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enOyston delighted with Chopra punishmentBlackpool chairman Karl Oyston has branded Michael Chopra as dim and revealed the strikers Twitter outburst came as no surprise to him.http://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/oyston-delighted-chopra-punishment
Striker Chopra was fined in excess of £10,000 after his foul-mouthed social media rant criticising a training session on Tuesday.
The former Ipswich Town striker tweeted: "F*****g joke this come in training only 6 f*****g players here then find out the fitness coach taken the football session #joke,"
Chopra later removed the post, but the Championship side threw the book at him by fining him two weeks wages - which boss Paul Ince opted to donate to the club's community trust.
Blackpool supremo Oyston was more than happy to see a worthy cause benefit from the 30-year-old's misdemeanour.
"It didn’t anger me in the slightest," he said.
"If people are dim enough to do things like that, which will cost them thousands of pounds, then I'm delighted to take it.
"It will be going to such a good use. People who deserve a chance and support will benefit from this, so I’m delighted. I wish there was more bad behaviour like that.”
"The player has a well-documented run of poor behaviour and off-the-field problems, so it doesn't surprise me,
"We took immediate action by fining him two weeks' wages and the manager asked me to donate that to our community trust. It will be going to help youngsters in the town, so I'm pleased.
"The money will be going to much better use than it probably would have had it gone to its planned destination."
news_articleWed, 08 Jan 2014 10:58:31 +0000102045 at http://www.fourfourtwo.comChopra fined over expletive tweetMichael Chopra has been fined over 10,000 by Blackpool after slamming the clubs training session on Tuesday in a fouled-mouth outburst.http://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/chopra-fined-over-expletive-tweet
The striker revealed on the social network that only six players attended a session taken by the club's fitness coach and pulled no punches in his assessment of the situation.
"F*****g joke this come in training only 6 f*****g players here then find out the fitness coach taken the football session #joke," he tweeted, before subsequently removing the post.
Chopra soon endured the wrath of the Championship club, who released a statement revealing they had dished out a maximum fine to the former Newcastle United, Cardiff City and Sunderland man.
"In light of a tweet from striker Michael Chopra, Blackpool Football Club can confirm that the player will receive a maximum fine and has been warned about his future conduct," read the statement.
"The club can confirm that Chopra was one of number of players asked to report to training as normal this morning for extra work with the fitness coach.
"Both the manager and the chairman are aware and disappointed with the contents of his tweet, prompting this course of action.
"The player, who has the right to appeal, has since apologised for the tweet and removed the contents from his account.
"The manager (Paul Ince) has requested that the fine levied against Chopra, which equates to more than £10,000, be donated to the club's Community Trust, to assist in their work as part of Altogether Now - A Legacy for Blackpool."
Chopra took to Twitter again later in the day to say: "Best wishes go to (assistant manager) Steve Thompson and family just found out why he wasn't in."
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